Vocabulary
Everything related to a how a country and its people make and spend money.
What is an economy?
He was an empresario, leader of the Old Three Hundred, and founded San Felipe....
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
Is Father Hidalgo's journal a primary or secondary source?
What is a primary source?
The Old 300...
What is the first families to move to Texas?
Inspected Texas after the Fredonia Rebellion....
Who is General Mier y Teran?
A land agent - or someone who received a contract with the Mexican government to settle a certain number of people in Texas.
What is an Empresario?
Required the proof of land titles in his Nacogdoches land grant...
Who is Hayden Edwards?
Presented his plan for bringing 300 Anglo-American families to Texas, but died
Who is Moses Austin?
Major event that happened in 1820-1821...
What is Mexico gaining its independence?
Outlawed immigration into Texas from the United Sates....
What is the Law of April 06, 1830?
A highly profitable plant that is grown on plantations.
What is a cash crop?
A rebellion against the Mexican government....
What is the Fredonia Rebellion?
He led military forces against the Spanish...
Who is Augustin de Iturbide?
No longer being able to bring settlers...
What is empresario contracts were cancelled?
Founded a Colony by present day Victoria Texas
Who is Martin de Leon?
The act of permanently moving from one country to another.
What is immigration?
Anglos organized their settlements under the direction of an
What is an empresario?
What is the major difference between the Anglo settlements and the Spanish?
What is that the Spanish tried to convert the natives while the Anglos tried to remove them from the lands they settled?
Free from Spain and a birth of a new nation.
What is the Mexican National Era?
Angered by the loss of Texas to Spain in 1819 under the Adams-Onís Treaty, also led a group that declared Texas independent from Spain
Who is Dr. James Long
A document that sets up a government, tells how it will work, who will be in charge, and what powers they will have.
What is a constitution?
What geographic characteristic was least important when choosing an empresario land grant?
What is the distance to major settlements?
Father Hidalgo cried for independence from Spain in his Grito de Delores (Cry of Dolores) speech. Why?
What is the Spanish government treated them differently?
This type of person wages and unofficial war against a country for their own gain.
What is a filibuster?
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Settlers who are "Gone to Texas"